case as the judge found that a binding contract had been formed between the parties‚ a specific performance to enforce the contract should be put into effect. Because the ebay auction has qualities both similar and different from a traditional auction‚ it was found that a contract may exist between vendor and ebay‚ between ebay and buyer and between vendor and buyer. The justice also found that the defendants claim to only have created an invitation to treat was unjustified on the grounds that
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Why eBay failed in China The main reason eBay failed in China was because eBay failed to recognize that the Chinese market and the business environment are very different from that of the West. EBay sent a German manager to lead the China operation and brought in a chief technology officer from the United States. Neither one spoke Chinese or understood the local market. It was eBay’s biggest mistake. Second‚ because the top management team didn’t understand the local market‚ they spent a lot of
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subject line; it said‚ “ Your Order with Amazon.com”. I instantly knew it’s an auto confirmation of a purchase I made few days ago so I just skimmed through it. Next it was eBay with the subject line‚ “Sumit‚ some recommendations for you”. I don’t use eBay that often and curiosity really got me. I really wanted to know what eBay thinks I would be interested in. I half-heartedly opened the email and I have to admit it woke me up a bit. The list of recommendation they had for me was quite interesting
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PIGGLY WIGGLY : A SUPERMARKET FRANCHISING GIANT PIGGLY WIGGLY (WWW.PIGGLYWIGGLY.COM) is a franchisor with over 6000 supermarket units that span the southern states from Louisiana to north Carolina. In addition‚ Piggly Wiggly franchises about 20 stores in Wisconsin that are owned and operated by fresh brands (www.freshbrands.com) ‚ a wholesalers that uses the fresh brands name. Any independent supermarket can become a Piggly Wiggly franchisee by signing a franchise agreement and paying a percentage
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shoppers. The typical shopper at Amazon.com is a consumer‚ or customer. • Consumer-to-consumer (C2C). In this category consumer sells directly to consumers. Examples are individuals selling in classified ads (e.g.‚ www.clas-sified2000.com) and selling residential property‚ cars‚ and so on. Advertising personal services on the Internet and selling knowledge and expertise is another example of C2C. Several auction sites allow individuals to put items up for auctions. Finally‚ many individuals
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2009 eBay‚ Inc An in-depth look at PayPal’s Business With eBay focusing on PayPal as the primary engine of its growth‚ we take a deeper look at the value of the Payments unit‚ and its growth opportunities over the coming years. We continue to believe the upper range of the company’s outlook for $4B-$5B in F’11 revenues could be difficult to reach‚ but think $4B could be achievable. At a 20x multiple to our F’11E segment Net Income‚ the PayPal business would be worth $9B. • Off-eBay growth will
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in nature‚ all of them seem to have found their “nitch” in the market and for the most part seem to avoid direct competition. LinkedIn caters to primarily business to business (B2B) services while Facebook caters to primarily customer to customer (C2C) services for the “typical” person. And yet still‚ Twitter seems to cater to people with “celebrity” status. If these sites - and others like them - were broken down and analyzed‚ you
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lot which forces people to look at other alternatives. 3- Locate information on the tiffany versus eBay lawsuit mentioned in the case. Identify the arguments of the plaintiff and the defendant and who prevailed. What are the implications of that lawsuit for the sale of counterfeits in online auctions? I have located the article on Bloomberg BusinessWeek and apparently Tiffany had sued eBay for not
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After browsing thru the items in the “All My Life For Sale” online website‚ the “8 mm Film Viewer” and “ Saori Hoshi’s Television were a couple of my favorite items. While searching for familiar items on Ebay‚ I found that there were similar items with different brands and sizes. On the “All My Life For Sale” site there was no mention of brand‚ size‚ model numbers‚ etc. After television page‚ I decided it is a subjective description of the television‚ information about the TV/VCR is told along with
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three companies will be evaluated. The three companies being evaluated are eBay (NasdaqGS: EBAY)‚ The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX)‚ and Alaska Air Group Inc. (NYSE: ALK). Company Overview eBay is a very popular company for people of all walks and from all around the world. According to the company’s website‚ eBay “is a global commerce platform and payments leader connecting millions of buyers and sellers. We do so through eBay‚ the world ’s largest online marketplace‚ which allows users to buy and
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